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Health Care Social Work examines the ways in which various nations' health care systems affect one another and provides readers with new information about health care social workers' efforts within a global context. The book encourages readers to compare the histories, political and social influences, contemporary practices, theoretical foundations, and trends of health care social work within a broad frame of reference.
List of contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Ren Winnett, Sandy S. Kim, Rich Furman, Douglas Epps, and Greg Lamphear
- Section 1. Foundation Chapters
- Chapter 2. Health Care in a Global World
- Govind Hariharan
- Chapter 3. Transnational Health Care
- Tomas Mainil and Sabina Stan
- Chapter 4. Health Care Social Work in the United States
- Ren Winnett
- Section 2. Global Case Studies
- Chapter 5. The Role of Social Work in Australian Health Care Settings
- Helen M. Cleak
- Chapter 6. Health Care Social Work in China
- Peter P. Szto
- Chapter 7. The Role of the Social Worker in Health Care in Cuba
- Dolly R. Sacristan
- Chapter 8. Health Care Social Work in England
- Malcome Payne
- Chapter 9. Health Care Social Work in India
- Nemthianngai Guite
- Chapter 10. Health Care Social Work in Nigeria
- Uzoma Odera Okoye
- Chapter 11. Health Care Social Work in Saudi Arabia
- Abdulaziz Albrithen
- Chapter 12. Social Work in Health Care in South Africa
- Charlene Laurence Carbonatto
- Chapter 13. Health Care Social Work in Sweden
- Manuela Sjöström
- Chapter 14. Health Care Social Work in Turkey: An Evolving Field of Practice
- Tarik Tuncay
- Chapter 15. Health Care Social Work in Ukraine
- Tetyana Semigina
About the author
Ren Winnett, MSW, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker at Multicare Health System in Washington and a lecturer at the University of Washington Tacoma.
Rich Furman, PhD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington Tacoma.
Douglas Epps, MSW, is a doctoral student in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley.
Greg Lamphear is a writer, editor, and teacher based in Asia.
Summary
Health Care Social Work aims to directly empower health care social workers around the world by providing valuable new information about the breadth and depth of the profession's health care contributions, legislative and policy influences upon practice, and implications for future practice and growth in different nations. Written by scholars and practitioners of health care social work from around the world, chapters encourage comparative analysis of distant health care social work practice as a means of supporting meaningful change on a local level and contributing to public health in a way that transcends boundaries and makes a difference globally. Readers will gain an opportunity to examine their assumptions about health care social work practice and reflect meaningfully upon less familiar techniques and approaches as a way of prompting problem-solving with an expanded frame of reference.
Additional text
This text offers a detailed picture of the rich inter-professional relationships that exist between health-focused social workers and the multilayered network of professionals, family members, and friends that are essential to promoting the fullest possible well-being of everyone impacted by a patient's illness or disability. A first-class book put together by an exceptional group of contributors, it belongs on the shelf of all seriously minded professionals focused on the social aspects of health, illness, and recovery.
